Nigerians Nearly Brought Down My Page Because I Was Defending Davido – Sarah Martins

Nollywood actress Sarah Martins has come out to apologize to Davido after he blasted her via a direct message for claiming he opened a restaurant. She recently had her say via her social media page, and fans have been reacting.

According to her, everyone knows she is a diehard fan of Davido and Chioma, and she would never intentionally disrespect either of them, so she is deeply for jumping to the wrong conclusion.

Sarah added that Nigerians nearly brought down her page just because she was defending Davido online.

Her words, “I’m sorry Davido.

If you know me very well, you can tell that I’m a diehard fan of Davido and Chioma. I would never intentionally disrespect neither of them. I was misinformed by what Opeyemi posted about Davido gifting him food from his restaurant. I just jumped into conclusion.

I’m really sorry for getting on your nerves, to the point that you had to enter my DM to question me. I beg, please forgive me.

I am your number one fan. Nobody loves you more than I love you. I swear on God. In fact, they nearly brought down my page because I was defending you online.

I beg, I’m really sorry. This is from a place of love. Please forgive me, OBO.”

WOW.

Nollywood is a sobriquet that originally referred to the Nigerian film industry. The origin of the term dates back to the early 2000s, traced to an article in The New York Times. Due to the history of evolving meanings and contexts, there is no clear or agreed-upon definition for the term, which has made it a subject to several controversies.

The origin of the term “Nollywood” remains unclear; Jonathan Haynes traced the earliest usage of the word to a 2002 article by Matt Steinglass in the New York Times, where it was used to describe Nigerian cinema.

Charles Igwe noted that Norimitsu Onishi also used the name in a September 2002 article he wrote for the New York Times. The term continues to be used in the media to refer to the Nigerian film industry, with its definition later assumed to be a portmanteau of the words “Nigeria” and “Hollywood”, the American major film hub.

Film-making in Nigeria is divided largely along regional, and marginally ethnic and religious lines. Thus, there are distinct film industries – each seeking to portray the concern of the particular section and ethnicity it represents. However, there is the English-language film industry which is a melting pot for filmmaking and filmmakers from most of the regional industries.